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Effect of deposition time on the optical properties of vanadium pentoxide films grown on porous silicon nanostructure

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Vanadium pentoxide (V2O5) thin films were grown on porous silicon (PS) layer by electron beam evaporation technique under an oxygen partial pressure. The morphology of the porous surface before and after V2O5 deposition for different evaporation times was observed by the Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM). The predicts changes of the chemical composition and bonds at the porous surface have been studied by FTIR and Raman spectroscopies. Photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy was carried out to study the effect of vanadium pentoxide thickness on the optical properties of V2O5/PS nanocomposites. The PL spectrum of PS show a red-shift of 90 nm following the deposition of vanadium pentoxide while a quenching of the PL intensity was observed. Referring to FTIR and Raman results, the origin of this shift can be attributed to the formation of oxidized vanadium elements at PS surface as well as the creation of localized states by V2O5 molecules inside the band gap of PS. The wavelength dependence of optical transmittance, reflectance and absorption coefficients were investigated. An increase in the optical band gap from 1.95 to 2.18 eV was obtained due to Moss-Burstein effect as well as the presence of vacancy defects in V2O5 film.

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Acknowledgements

The authors would like to thank Dr. Jamila Bennaceur and Pr. Wissem Dimassi (Laboratoire de photovoltaïque et de semi-conducteurs, centre de recherche et de technologie de l’énergie, Hammam Lif— Tunisia) for FTIR measurements.

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    Skander Ktifa & Mongi Bouaicha

  2. Laboratory of Nanomaterials, Nanotechnology and Energy, Department of Physics, Faculty of Sciences of Tunis, University of Tunis El Manar, 2092, El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia

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Ktifa, S., Rahmani, M. & Bouaicha, M. Effect of deposition time on the optical properties of vanadium pentoxide films grown on porous silicon nanostructure. Braz. J. Chem. Eng. (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s43153-023-00430-y

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